The BU-14 Issaquah Soccer Club Arsenal White team beat previously undefeated HAS WS Deportivo Moctezuma 3-2 in the semifinals of the Fred Meyer Commissioner State Cup on Feb. 14 at the Starfire Field in Tacoma.

Issaquah next plays for the state championship at 11:15 a.m. Sunday at the Starfire Stadium in Tukwila at the Starfire Sports Complex.

Federal disaster-relief agencies opened an office at City Hall yesterday as part of the ongoing effort to recover from January’s flooding.

Officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration hope the office will serve as an information clearinghouse for flood victims seeking government disaster aid.

“Wherever there’s a need with people who have suffered damage, that’s where we want to be,” SBA communications specialist Roger Busch said.

Roger Busch (left) and Thomas Colgin of the U.S. Small Business Administration discuss aid available to property owners affected by January’s flooding and severe weather at the agency’s local Disaster Recovery Center. — By Warren Kagarise

Donations still needed

NEW — 9:45 a.m. Feb. 18, 2008

Issaquah School District student volunteers raised more than $70,000 Feb. 11 in a phone-a-thon for the Issaquah Schools Foundation.

More than 200 students from Issaquah, Liberty and Skyline high schools gathered to make phone calls to district families for donations to support Project GLAD, or Guided Language Acquisition Design Training.

Need to feel like you’ve dined a world away, without leaving town? Well, iSushi fits the bill.

There is a central conveyor belt that travels in a square around the room from which all sushi flows. Bar countertops and table booths ring the outside, while chopping blocks, knives, ingredients, blowtorches and sushi chefs take the inside.

Choosing to sit at the bar gives you the best view of the ingredients and culinary skills exhibited by the chefs.

Birds reflected in Pine Lake pause on retaining booms during a recent sunset at the Sammamish park. The park shoreline renovation has been providing seclusion for wildlife during off hours at the work site. — By Greg Farrar